I was looking for some inspiration for a masculine card and remembered that Scrapbooker's Paradise always has cool challenges so I went to take a peek at what their Friday challenge was. It was perfect... a sketch!

This week's FlourishesTimeless Tuesday challenge involves opposites. For the challenge you had to create 2 cards that were opposites in their appearance using the same exact image.

Here's my sneak peek...The image I chose to use is the evergreen & roses image from the Flourishes "Petals & Peace" stamp set.

My first card is a nontraditional coloured Christmas card. I used pinks, teals and white as my colour palette. I rounded all of my corners. I water coloured my white embossed image using Tattered Angels' mists. I also used a pin and some bingy flowers!

For my second card, I decided to remain monochromatic. So I embossed my image with silver embossing powder and left it uncoloured. I did add a little bit of ink around my edges and then created a layered look with simple white rustic cardstock from Papertrey Ink.

Here's a close up of my focal image. I cut out 3 layers of amaryllis flower (and a couple of bells) to make the center POP!

Come on out and try one of the December release challenges! They're a blast! You have until 5pm EST to win! You can ever WIN by leaving comments on the designer blogs! See the Flourishesblog for details!